A nawab is quietly on a killing spree in the city of nawabs. He is a 'mafia don' of Uttar Pradesh whose den is located somewhere in the forest of Kukrail in Lucknow. He will not rest even on Diwali and shoot his detractors and enemies with a double barrel gun till he is done with them all.

The 'nawab' in question is Tigmanshu Dhulia's 'Bullet Raja' starring Saif Ali Khan in the lead role.

Although Saif has played a mafia henchman-turned-rebel in Vishal Bharadwaj's blockbuster "Omkara", this time he is playing a ganglord with his own bunch of undesirables.

Jimmy Shergill plays his right hand man and Chunky Pandey is, rather predictably, the friend-turned-traitor who has to be eliminated. Gulshan Grover also fit's in somewhere in the lineup, most likely as another baddie. The team of "Bullet Raja" has been in Lucknow since November 8.

Although Dhulia wanted to shoot a major part of the movie in Lucknow city, it couldn't happen because he did not have permission from the Archaeological Survey of India.

He wanted to shoot part of the film at Rumi Darwaza near Bara Imambara. Although he had got permission from local administration, OP Pathak, ADM of Lucknow said, "Any such activity near Rumi Darwaza is possible only when they have ASI's permission. So the shooting would now be held elsewhere."

However, the city didn't deny Saif, the nawab of Pataudi, his share of fantasy and parts of the shooting was allowed at another historic building, Jahangirabad Palace. Apparently, the palace has been shown in the film as an armoury of the gang.